Don Braden has performed as a leader or as a sideman in a vast array of venues. Concert halls include Carnegie Hall (Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, McDonald's All American High School Band), Lincoln Center (Illinios Jacqueet Big Band, 1993 Battle Royale, Mos Def), Symphoy Hall in Boston (Wynton Marsalis) among many, many others. Club appearances include countless performances in New York's Village Vanguard, Blue Note, Sweet Basil (Sweet Rhythm), Birdland, and many others in the Americas, Europe, Japan, Russia and Australia. Braden has also been a featured artist at many universities, such as Harvard, Duke, University of Southern Florida, University of Louisville, Princeton, North Netherlands Conservatoire, William Paterson University, Cuyahoga Community College, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Wellesley College and many others. Television appearances include Saturday Night Live, David Brenner, Joan Rivers (all with Wynton Marsalis), and several others.
Gigs
Upcoming Performance Schedule
As of December 31, 2011
2011
September 17/18: Berney Theatre, Winnipeg, Canada as a Special Guest in the Izzy Asper Jazz Performance series.
** September 23/24: Cecil's Jazz Club, with Don Braden and the Professors. This exciting group includes members of the Jazz Studies Faculty at Monclair State University, and features: Bill Moring (bass), Steve Johns (drums), Dr. Jeff Kunkel (piano), Alan Ferber (trombone), Holli Ross (vocals), and Don (tenor sax and flutes) performing a wide variety of grooving repertoire.
September 28: Sculler's Jazz Club with Mark Rapp's Melting Pot featuring Don Braden
October 15: Shanghai Jazz, Madison, NJ, with the Don Braden Quartet. Featuring Brandon McCune on piano, Calvin Jones on bass, and Cecil Brooks III on drums. 7pm & 9:15pm
October 18: The Zinc Bar, NYC, for the NY CD release party of vocalist Holli Ross, featuring Don on tenor sax and flute, Ted Rosenthal on piano, Matt Wilson on drums, and others. 7 - 9pm
October 24-28: Faculty Assignment, Prins Claus Conservatiore, Groningen, Netherlands
November 5: Chris' Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia, PA, with the Don Braden/Vanessa Rubin Group (featuring Don on tenor sax and flute, Vanessa on vocals, Kyle Koehler on Hammond organ and Cecil Brooks III on drums)
December 9: Cecil's Jazz Club, West Orange, NJ, for the NJ CD release party of vocalist Holli Ross, featuring Don on tenor sax and flute, among others.
December 12-16: Faculty Assignment, Prins Claus Conservatiore, Groningen, Netherlands
December 31 (New Year's Eve): First Night Morris 2012, with Big Fun(k), featuring Karl Latham on drums, Nick Rolfe on keyboards, Calvin Jones on bass and Don on tenor sax and flutes. Come also and get your own copy of our first CD: Don Braden / Karl Latham Big Fun(k) Live. It is literally hot off the presses!
2012
January 4-7: Participation in the JEN (Jazz Education Network) Conference, Louisville, KY
January 8: APAP Conference, Gail Boyd Artist Management showcase, with the Don Braden / Vanessa Rubin group and the Braden-Rapp Strayhorn and Mark Rapp Good Eats projects.
January 27: South Orange Performing Arts Center: "The Sounds of Sarah Vaughan", with Rosena M. Hill on vocals, Jason Jackson on trombone, Cyrus Chestnut on piano, Don on tenor sax and flutes and others.
January 29-February 5: Performing on board The Jazz Cruise
February 8-9: Guest Conductor for the Kentucky All-State Jazz Band, Louisville, KY
March 12-16: Faculty Assignment, Prins Claus Conservatiore, Groningen, Netherlands
April 13-14: Guest Conductor for the North Carolina All-State Jazz Band, Winston-Salen, NC
June 11-15: Faculty Assignment, Prins Claus Conservatiore, Groningen, Netherlands
July 8 - August 12: Don Braden is proud to be Music Director of the Litchfield Jazz Camp, which is available for attendance any or all weeks in this newly extended 5 week block. E-mail jessica@litchfieldjazzfest.com or call (860)361-6285 for more info.
